India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.17% By Investing.com

Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the fell 0.17%, while the index declined 0.11%.

The best performers of the session on the were State Bank Of India (NS:), which rose 1.93% or 11.05 points to trade at 584.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Titan Company Ltd (NS:) added 1.29% or 35.20 points to end at 2,763.65 and UPL Ltd (NS:) was up 1.21% or 8.65 points to 726.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:), which fell 2.69% or 29.15 points to trade at 1,052.85 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:) declined 2.60% or 10.95 points to end at 410.35 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:) was down 2.25% or 5.25 points to 228.05.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:) which rose 1.89% to 584.80, Titan Company Ltd (BO:) which was up 1.53% to settle at 2,765.75 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which gained 1.05% to close at 818.40.

The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:) which was down 2.66% to 1,052.95 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:) which lost 2.04% to settle at 228.50 and NTPC Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.47% to 178.15 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 933 to 913 and 78 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1693 rose and 1604 declined, while 125 ended unchanged.

Shares in State Bank Of India (NS:) rose to all time highs; rising 1.93% or 11.05 to 584.90. Shares in Titan Company Ltd (NS:) rose to all time highs; up 1.29% or 35.20 to 2,763.65. Shares in State Bank Of India (BO:) rose to all time highs; up 1.89% or 10.85 to 584.80. Shares in Titan Company Ltd (BO:) rose to all time highs; up 1.53% or 41.55 to 2,765.75.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.32% to 15.94.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.56% or 25.80 to $1,624.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.60% or 1.44 to hit $88.56 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 1.27 to trade at $94.89 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.27% to 82.93, while EUR/INR fell 0.55% to 80.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.50% at 112.89.